Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch, #99

So, if I were going to make an elaborate sign clumsily implying my political opponent was either a socialist, communist, totalitarian, fascist, and/or all of the above, the first thing I'd do is make sure I knew how to correctly spell his bloody name!


This stroke of graphical genius was found hanging in the John McCain campaign office in Pompano Beach, Florida, this week.

Considering that John McCain's been whining like a full-bladdered puppy all week about being compared to George Wallace, I'd love to hear what he has to say about someone in one of his campaign offices comparing Barack Obama to Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, and Castro.

"Respectful campaign," bitchez.

(Thanks to Shaker Bokun59 for passing that along. And, btw, love the punctuation, too: "Are you nuts!" Yes I am?)

[Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, Thirty, Thirty-One, Thirty-Two, Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Thirty-Seven, Thirty-Eight, Thirty-Nine, Forty, Forty-One, Forty-Two, Forty-Three, Forty-Four, Forty-Five, Forty-Six, Forty-Seven, Forty-Eight, Forty-Nine, Fifty, Fifty-One, Fifty-Two, Fifty-Three, Fifty-Four, Fifty-Five, Fifty-Six, Fifty-Seven, Fifty-Eight, Fifty-Nine, Sixty, Sixty-One, Sixty-Two, Sixty-Three, Sixty-Four, Sixty-Five, Sixty-Six, Sixty-Seven, Sixty-Eight, Sixty-Nine, Seventy, Seventy-One, Seventy-Two, Seventy-Three, Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five, Seventy-Six, Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Eight, Seventy-Nine, Eighty, Eighty-One, Eighty-Two, Eighty-Three, Eighty-Four, Eighty-Five, Eighty-Six, Eighty-Seven, Eighty-Eight, Eighty-Nine, Ninety, Ninety-One, Ninety-Two, Ninety-Three, Ninety-Four, Ninety-Five, Ninety-Six, Ninety-Seven, Ninety-Eight.]

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Clan McCain

John McCain has some black relatives, who are "either the result of the illicit union of the McCains and the slaves that they owned, or descendants of the McCain family slaves," and they support Barack Obama.

It's often amusing when a relative doesn't support a candidate, but it's so common that it's not really useful as any sort of telling commentary. The reason I'm actually linking to the above is because, as you'll read, McCain seemingly doesn't even acknowledge that branch of his family.

Although his brother Joe does.

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Friday Blogaround

lol your blogaround

Recommended Reading:

Julie: Why No One with a Uterus Should Vote for John McCain

Kevin: Dear Open Source Developers

Shayera: Oh Give Me a Fucking Break!

Paul: The Candidates and Obesity

Del: Spiders for Obama

Mad Kane: Ode To John "Air-Quotes" McCain

Leave your links in comments...

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LaVena Update

Phil's got a new post up over the Pfc. LaVena Johnson site about a new article on domestic violence in the military. Make sure to stop by and check it out—and if it's your first time at the site, check out all the other stuff there, including how you can help.

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Quote of the Day

"It's easy to get a little bit discouraged, when, you know, when you happen to turn on the news when your campaign staffers will let you turn on the news. Usually they're like 'Oh my gosh, don't watch. You're going to, you know, you're going to get depressed'."Sarah Palin, on the campaign trail in North Carolina.

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Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch, #98

This is from yesterday so you may have seen it already, but it unfortunately belongs here. This shit is getting tiresome.

The Republican Party of Virginia has sent absentee ballot request mailers to voters in the state, seeming to compare Barack Obama to Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinijead, North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, Russia's Vladimir Putin, and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez.

"In today's dangerous world, appeasement is not a foreign policy," declares the outside of the mailer from the Republican Party of Virginia, followed by photographs of the four leaders and the text "America must face the threat of terror head-on" on the inside.
But then we get to the fun part.



When I heard about this image (on CNN, of all places), they noted the same thing noted here:

UPDATE: Some readers have written to suggest the eyes in the photo are not Barack Obama's but those of Osama bin Laden. You decide. We've changed the text above to reflect the possibility. We'd agree with commenter "bvac" who notes "I suspect that was intential on their part." Indeed, though the country's of the other leaders and dictators mentioned are named, neither Osama nor Obama are referred to directly in the mailer.
CNN stated that the Virginia GOP coyly implied the ambiguity was intentional. I.E., if you can't tell Obama or Osama apart from how their eyes look, then they must be the same exact person! Or something. Zomg.

But wait, there's more!

Zomg evilThe back of the envelope features a pic (above the words "AMERICA MUST LOOK EVIL / IN THE EYE / AND NEVER FLINCH") that Brad says is Obama, which ties in with the reference to the "Democrats who want to control Washington" line inside the mailer, and would also be a natural deduction given the mailer's design color... brown, like Obama's skin such as in this photo.

However, that's not Obama. It's Osama bin Laden. Notice how the original photo has been tinted a la the infamous O.J. Simpson photo on the cover of Time.

I showed the image to a colleague of mine who also thought it was Obama at first, no doubt overtly influenced by the sepia tint. By his and Brad's--and surely the intended recipients'--erroneous IDs, a subconscious connection is made, which is exactly what is intended.
Classy, classy, classy.

Of course, after seeing this, it just goes to show that "TERRORIST!" is the modern Republican security blanket.


Apparently, Obama is responsible for every abortion that has ever happened, ever.

And get a job!

[Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, Thirty, Thirty-One, Thirty-Two, Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Thirty-Seven, Thirty-Eight, Thirty-Nine, Forty, Forty-One, Forty-Two, Forty-Three, Forty-Four, Forty-Five, Forty-Six, Forty-Seven, Forty-Eight, Forty-Nine, Fifty, Fifty-One, Fifty-Two, Fifty-Three, Fifty-Four, Fifty-Five, Fifty-Six, Fifty-Seven, Fifty-Eight, Fifty-Nine, Sixty, Sixty-One, Sixty-Two, Sixty-Three, Sixty-Four, Sixty-Five, Sixty-Six, Sixty-Seven, Sixty-Eight, Sixty-Nine, Seventy, Seventy-One, Seventy-Two, Seventy-Three, Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five, Seventy-Six, Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Eight, Seventy-Nine, Eighty, Eighty-One, Eighty-Two, Eighty-Three, Eighty-Four, Eighty-Five, Eighty-Six, Eighty-Seven, Eighty-Eight, Eighty-Nine, Ninety, Ninety-One, Ninety-Two, Ninety-Three, Ninety-Four, Ninety-Five, Ninety-Six, Ninety-Seven.]

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Friday Cat Blogging



"What?"



"Teh birdz, they make my whiskers twitch."



"No autographs, please."

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John McCain Boulevard

Perhaps a reprehensibly shameless double standard is John McCain's rationale for launching a series of loathsome robocalls of the same sort that ended his previous presidential bid, or perhaps he merely considers them just more of the "millions of words" that get said in a campaign, for none of which he evidently believes he should have to account. I don't know. I frankly can't even begin to imagine how he justifies it.

What I do know is the moment that he took the first step down the path that led him to this destination:


[Click for full image.]

It was all over for John McCain the moment he decided—for political expedience, for the hopes of looking gracious in defeat, for lack of courage to do anything else, for whatever fucking reason—to walk onto a stage in New Hampshire and wrap his arms around the man whose operatives implied his adopted Bangladeshi daughter was his illegitimate black child in push-polls during the 2000 primary.

The instant he calculated that embracing the smear merchants was wiser than repudiating them, he was on this road—and he's been careening down it in the Bullshit Express ever since.

And the saddest thing about it is that he's right when he says he's no George Bush. He isn't. Bush at least got a presidency in exchange for his soul. McCain, it appears, won't even get that.

He gave everything away for nothing. Which is exactly what he deserves.

[Related recommended reading: Steve Benen, Glenn Greenwald.]

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"O" is for Ohio

Just when you thought wingnuttery couldn't get any nuttier...

On the October 15 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Bob Grant said: "[W]hat is that flag that Obama's been standing in front of that looks like an American flag, but instead of having the field of 50 stars representing the 50 states, there's a circle?" He then said: "Is the circle the 'O' for Obama? Is that what it is?" Grant later said: "[D]id you notice Obama is not content with just having several American flags, plain old American flags with the 50 states represented by 50 stars? He has the 'O' flag. And that's what that 'O' is. That's what that 'O' is."
Mr. Obama was speaking in Toledo, Ohio. The state flag of Ohio was on the stage behind him. The state flag of Ohio has a big "O" in the middle of it that stands for ... wait for it ... Ohio.


We now have a new standard for "too dumb to play dead in a cowboy movie."

HT to Steve Benen.

(Cross-posted.)

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But Did We Mention We Like John McCain?

The WaPo endorses Barack Obama. Deeply regrets that John McCain made his belligerent temperament, embrace of social Darwinism, and dearth of new ideas so evident to the American populace that it could no longer sustain its straight-talkin' maverick narrative and endorse him without looking like its editorial board had shit for brains.

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Debunkathon

Shaker Llencelyn needs some help debunking an extensive anti-Obama email she got from her dad. If you've got a few minutes to provide some fact-based responses from the reality-based community, head on over with your teaspoons and dig in!

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Why Won't You Just BELIEVE ME That Obama is a TERRORIST?!

So last night, John McCain finally showed up on David Letterman's show, after blowing him off two weeks ago.

UPDATE: CBS took down their YouTube video I'd originally posted, so instead you'll have to go here to view the entire interview.

The whole thing is worth watching, when you've got the time, but here's the bit you really need to see (the last 1:30 of the first video and first 1:30 of the second; I did a rough transcript below), as further evidence that our comedian TV hosts have become the most responsible arm of the national media. Bear in mind as you watch, this followed a segment in which Letterman had already asked McCain about the people shouting "traitor, treason, terrorist, so on—and worse, as a matter of fact, that Barack Obama alluded to himself [at the debate]" at his rallies, which McCain tried to dispatch with more of his standard horseshit: "You know what's being shouted out at his rallies? There's always a few fringe people who will abuse their Constitutional rights, who will show up at these kinds of things, and you'll get that fringe element." But Letterman wasn't letting him off that easy:


Pretty amazing stuff, really. McCain looks like a complete jagoff—and the most hilarious thing is that he dug himself in after the commercial break, because he just had to try to get the final word since he can't admit that his campaign's entire line of attack is garbage. Dumbass.
Letterman: Now, [Palin's] also, I think, she's the one who says that Barack Obama pals around with terrorists. Has she, in fact, said that at rallies and stuff?

McCain: I don't—I don't kn—uhhh [clearly, here, McCain considers saying "I don't know," but realizes he can't get away with that, changes his mind, and admits it] yes. And he did.

Letterman: To terrorists? Like who did he—

McCain: And he refused to—he refused to acknowledge—

Letterman: Who did he pal around with?

McCain: [exasperatedly] William Ayers, who said on 9/11 that he wished he had bombed more, okay? His wife was on the top 10 of the FBI most wanted list—

Letterman: But this all took place when he was an active—with the Weatherman. Barack Obama was eight years old.

McCain: Eight years old—and Mr. Ayers, on two thousand and one, uhh, September eleventh two thousand one, said, "I wish I had bombed more," okay? It's an unrep—

Letterman: But what is the relationship, John? What is their relationship?

McCain: [agitated] That's it! That's all we need to know! That's what Senator Clinton said. We need to know about the relationship.

Letterman: Mm hmm.

McCain: First he said he was just a guy in the neighborhood. And so it's a matter of trusting the word of—

Letterman: I know, I know.

McCain: That's all it is.

Letterman: But you will also admit that we cannot really control who we interact with in our lives a hundred percent. I mean, you have—you have—

McCain: For how long we interact with them, and how we interact with them. But the point is—

Letterman: But you have—you had a—

McCain: The point in this campaign is the economy, and the economy, and the economy—

Letterman: Did you not have a relationship with Gordon Liddy?

[pause]

McCain: Uhh, I met him. I, you know, I mean, uhh—

Letterman: Did you attend a fundraiser at his house?

[pause; audience begins to applaud]

McCain: Gordon Liddy's…?

[McCain looks flummoxed. Paul Schaeffer yells, "I object, your honor!" Dave laughs.]

Letterman: We'll be right back here with Senator McCain everybody.

McCain: I know Gordon Liddy and his son!

[end first video; begin second]

Letterman: How about that Tina Fey—

McCain: I know Gordon Liddy, I—he paid his debt, he went to prison, he paid his debt, as people do. I'm not in any way embarrassed to know Gordon Liddy.

Letterman: [nods; opens his mouth as if to say something to move on]

McCain: And his son, who is also a good friend and supporter of mine.

Letterman: But you understand that the same case could be made of your relationship with him as is being made with William Ayers?

McCain: I—everything about any relationship that I've ever had, I will make completely open and give a complete accounting of. Senator Obama said he was a guy that lived in the neighborhood, okay? It was more than that. We all know that.

Letterman: They—

McCain: Just like ACORN.

Letterman: They served—they served on a committee at one point.

McCain: Yeah, that gave two hundred and thirty thousand dollars to ACORN, which is now involved in what may be the great, one of the great voter frauds in history.

[While McCain is talking, Letterman mutters something about Reagan; by his tone, he might as well be saying "blah blah blah," because he's basically just indicating that McCain is spinning]

Letterman: Yeah, okay.

McCain: It could be! We need to know.

Letterman: Are they—

[crosstalk]

Letterman: Are they double dating? Are they going to dinner? What are they doing? Are they driving cross-country?

McCain: [laughs] Maybe going to Denny's, who knows?

Letterman: To Denny's.

McCain: For the Grand Slam.

Letterman: The Grand Slam.

[McCain laughs like he thinks it's over.]

Letterman: Now she said pals around with terrorists. [McCain's grin falls from his face.] Okay, so that's, let's say—all right, we'll give her William Ayers.

McCain: Ohhh. [laughs tersely}

Letterman: They palled around. He was eight, and William Ayers was twenty-nine. But they palled around.

McCain: Look, there's millions of words said in a campaign! Come on now. Come on.

Letterman: Yeah, well, but—but that's where we live, in politics, isn't it?

McCain: [squirms wildly in his chair] There's millions of words. Yes, indeed. [stammers; gesticulates desperately]

Letterman: Let's talk about Tina Fey.

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Two-Minute Nostalgia Sublime

The Adventures of Champion (the Wonder Horse)

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Question of the Day

Who makes you go weak in the knees at the mere prospect of speaking to her/him?

I've never been particularly nervous around anybody, not my own senator, not John Edwards—not even Mozza, for crying out loud—so the notable exception below is, indeed, notable.

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In Which I Talk to Hillary Clinton and Have a Little Blub

I was just on a conference call with a bunch of other bloggers and Senator Hillary Clinton, who was talking about the economy and the state of the presidential race at this point and what she's doing at the moment to help get Senators Obama and Biden elected.

She was, as ever, dazzlingly brilliant on policy—and typically generous and funny. She said that last night's debate "closed the deal" for Obama and allowed the American people to "close the chapter" on the Bush administration. While not taking anything for granted, she's "encouraged and optimistic," and believes Obama will win. She talked a little bit about media bias and sexism ("part of society's unfinished business"), and encouraged us to "be part of the change we want to see in this nation." It was interesting and inspiring; I wish I were better at taking notes during these things so I could share more of it with you.

It's not the first of these calls that I've been on with Senator Clinton, but it was the first time I was able to damn the fucking paralyzing shyness I feel on those calls and ask a question, mostly because I just couldn't stand to not thank her for her work with Senator Murray on the HHS rule change.

I managed to stutter out something resembling a thank-you that was evidently vaguely coherent, because she kind of laughed and talked about what an important issue it is and said she couldn't wait for Bush to be out of office so instead of having to fight all the time to stop further restrictions, we can start fighting to create more opportunities. Totally. Totally.

I said something utterly Lissish, like, "That will be awesome."

And then I asked if she'd had an opportunity to speak to Senator Obama about the rule change, and if she had any sense of whether he realized what a potentially serious economic issue it is for American women. She said she hadn't spoken to him specifically about the rule change, but that she'd spoken to him about related economic issues and felt "very comfortable with the commitment the Obama-Biden campaign has to women's issues."

There was more, but my ears were pounding and I felt light-headed, because I am a huge nerd who is easily overwhelmed by things like Senator Hillary Clinton on the other end of my phone talking about how much she can't wait for Bush to be gone. And about progress. My favorite word. Progress.

The call ended shortly thereafter and I had a little blub. I'm jaded as hell about politicians generally (who isn't?), but contemplating how hard the good ones work for us, day in and day out, to make this country better, who take seriously the truly important job with which they've been entrusted, who know that the personal is political and vice versa, and always keep sight of that—it never loses its capacity to awe me.

I hope it never does.

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Shiver

Dorothy Snarker emailed me a positively terrifying hi-res image of McCain doing his "health" air quotes:


[Click to embiggen.]

Look at those cold, dead eyes and the grin just playing at the side of his mouth as he ruthlessly trivializes women's health. Shiver.

Says Ms. Snarker: "Seen in still it's almost more sinister. Women's health issues are so unimportant to this man, they're imaginary. Unfuckingbelievable."

Totally.

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On Barack Obama

Courtesy of a New York Times article on race in the campaign.

"He's neither-nor. He's other. It's in the Bible. Come as one. Don't create other breeds." - Ricky Thompson, Mobile, AL.
Breeds? Seriously? We're not talking about the AKC here, we're talking about human fucking beings, you ignorant fuckneck. It's nice you can use your Bible to justify your hatred and bigotry. I really wanted the above to be the Quote of the Day, but the brief article was full of wonderfully vile and hateful gems, and I just had to share those too. For example:

"I would think of him as I would of another of mixed race. God taught the children of Israel not to intermarry. You should be proud of what you are, and not intermarry." Glenn Reynolds, Martinsville, VA.
Oh, I see. Another biblical scholar. Look, I'm no expert on theology, but I thought there was something in the Bible about pride being a bad thing. But what the hell do I know? That book is full of all kinds of crazy, contradictory crap. Whatever. Still, I somehow suspect if Obama wasn't of mixed race, you know, if he were, say, like 100% African American, Mr. Reynolds wouldn't warm up to him any quicker. And for the record, I did try to find something in the Bible about mixing races, and had no luck. If anyone wants to explain that to me, feel free.

"He's going to tear up the rose bushes and plant a watermelon patch." - James Halsey, Mobile, AL.
Hey, no Biblical rationalizations there. Just good old-fashioned racism that doesn't need any theological pedigree. Nice.

"He doesn't come from the African-American perspective; he's not of that tradition. He's not a product of any ghetto." - Kimi Oaks, Mobile, AL.
Oh, well, so long as he's not the product of any ghetto, I guess that's okay. And since he's not of the African-American tradition, that's probably okay too. I don't know what the fuck that means, but Ms. Oaks throws it out there like we should, nudge nudge wink wink and all that. If anyone wants to explain that one too, feel free as well.

"I've always been against the blacks," said [Bud] Rowell, who is in his 70s, recalling how he was arrested for throwing firecrackers in the black section of town. But now that he has three biracial grandchildren ... he said he had "found out they were human beings, too."
Wow. It took having biracial grandchildren to come to the conclusion that people of mixed ancestry were human beings. I guess better late than never. For me, I think I figured that out when I was about four. I'm not sure what excuse one has for taking five or six decades to realize what anyone with one iota of decency or sense already knows, that all human beings are, to use your words, Mr. Rowell, human beings. It's a pretty simple fucking formula, I think. Human being = Human being. For fuck's sake, it's not really complicated. At all. Unless one is willfully being ignorant.

I'm not trying to pick on Southerners here, but The South is where the story was written, and where these people were interviewed. I am sure if someone went to Seattle and asked around, they'd hear the same kind of stupid shit.

Which saddens me as much as it angers me.

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Daily Kitteh



Ahh-CHOO!!!

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Repro Rights Stuff

This is the segment from the debate last night that I mentioned in my Cif piece: "McCain makes air scare-quotes around the 'health of the mother,' with regard to late-term abortion exceptions. The 'pro-abortion movement,' he says, has stretched that term to mean 'almost anything.' Ah, yes. Hello there, Straw-Woman Who Gets Abortions Willy-Nilly in Her Third Trimester Because She's a Silly Flibbertigibbet With a Hangnail. Nice to see you again. If McCain hasn't reached the nadir of his appalling campaign with that moment, I don't want to see it when he does."



[Transcript below.]

Nicole, LeMew, and Cara have more. (Also see Shaker CJ_in_VA's comment here re: McCain's snidery about Obama's "eloquence.") Cara says: "I sure as hell did not agree with every word that came out of Senator Obama's mouth regarding abortion, but in the end what we got was the picture of a man who respects the health of women and their right to control their own bodies. What we got from Senator McCain was a clear picture of an extremist who disregards women's autonomy and their very lives. And as a woman, yes, I do take that personally."

I agree almost totally with that, with the caveat that, for me, wholly "respect[ing] the health of women and their right to control their own bodies" necessarily includes respect for their opinions about their decisions, too—and consistently saying as if it's axiomatic that abortion is always a tragedy and sexuality is always sacred doesn't do that. That said, Obama has come as close to articulating an unadulterated respect for women's autonomy and decisions as any other major-party nominee (though not every candidate) in my lifetime, so, as always, teaspoons…

McCain, of course, is just a despicable disgrace.
Obama: There surely is some common ground when both those who believe in choice and those who are opposed to abortion can come together and say, "We should try to prevent unintended pregnancies by providing appropriate education to our youth [And contraception!—MM.], communicating that sexuality is sacred and that they should not be engaged in cavalier activity, and providing options for adoption, and helping single mothers if they want to choose to keep the baby." Those are all things that we put in the Democratic platform for the first time this year, and I think that's where we can find some common ground, 'cause nobody's pro-abortion. I think it's always a tragic situation. [Ugh!—MM.] We should try to reduce these circumstances.

[crosstalk]

McCain: Again—just again, an example of the eloquence of Senator Obama, he's: "health [air quotes] of the mother." You know that's been stretched by the pro-abortion movement in America to mean almost anything. That's—that's the extreme pro-abortion position, quote [air quotes], "health."

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Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch, #97

From the Press-Enterprise (Southern California):

The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican women's group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles.

The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican Women, Federated says if Obama is elected his image will appear on food stamps -- instead of dollar bills like other presidents. The statement is followed by an illustration of "Obama Bucks" -- a phony $10 bill featuring Obama's face on a donkey's body, labeled "United States Food Stamps."

The GOP newsletter, which was sent to about 200 members and associates of the group by e-mail and regular mail last week, is drawing harsh criticism from members of the political group, elected leaders, party officials and others as racist.

The group's president, Diane Fedele, said she plans to send an apology letter to her members and to apologize at the club's meeting next week. She said she simply wanted to deride a comment Obama made over the summer about how as an African-American he "doesn't look like all those other presidents on the dollar bills."

"It was strictly an attempt to point out the outrageousness of his statement. I really don't want to go into it any further," Fedele said in a telephone interview Tuesday. "I absolutely apologize to anyone who was offended. That clearly wasn't my attempt."
And of course she had no idea fried chicken and watermelon was racist.
She said she doesn't think in racist terms, pointing out she once supported Republican Alan Keyes, an African-American who previously ran for president.

"I didn't see it the way that it's being taken. I never connected," she said. "It was just food to me. It didn't mean anything else."

She said she also wasn't trying to make a statement linking Obama and food stamps, although her introductory text to the illustration connects the two: "Obama talks about all those presidents that got their names on bills. If elected, what bill would he be on????? Food Stamps, what else!"
And the truly sad thing is that she probably believes it.

Don't kid yourself, campers. If Mr. Obama wins, we ain't seen nothing yet.

[Obama Racism/Muslim/Unpatriotic/Scary Black Dude Watch: Parts One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen, Eighteen, Nineteen, Twenty, Twenty-One, Twenty-Two, Twenty-Three, Twenty-Four, Twenty-Five, Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, Thirty, Thirty-One, Thirty-Two, Thirty-Three, Thirty-Four, Thirty-Five, Thirty-Six, Thirty-Seven, Thirty-Eight, Thirty-Nine, Forty, Forty-One, Forty-Two, Forty-Three, Forty-Four, Forty-Five, Forty-Six, Forty-Seven, Forty-Eight, Forty-Nine, Fifty, Fifty-One, Fifty-Two, Fifty-Three, Fifty-Four, Fifty-Five, Fifty-Six, Fifty-Seven, Fifty-Eight, Fifty-Nine, Sixty, Sixty-One, Sixty-Two, Sixty-Three, Sixty-Four, Sixty-Five, Sixty-Six, Sixty-Seven, Sixty-Eight, Sixty-Nine, Seventy, Seventy-One, Seventy-Two, Seventy-Three, Seventy-Four, Seventy-Five, Seventy-Six, Seventy-Seven, Seventy-Eight, Seventy-Nine, Eighty, Eighty-One, Eighty-Two, Eighty-Three, Eighty-Four, Eighty-Five, Eighty-Six, Eighty-Seven, Eighty-Eight, Eighty-Nine, Ninety, Ninety-One, Ninety-Two, Ninety-Three, Ninety-Four, Ninety-Five, Ninety-Six.]

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